Official Site of Ardèche Tourism
www.ardeche-guide.com
Aven d'Orgnac, "Grand Site de France"®
Aven d'Orgnac, "Grand Site de France"® in pictures...
One of the most impressive caves, breathtakingly beautiful, majestic and fascinating, listed as "Grand Site de France ®" (major site in France) – sound and light show.
Visit the Aven d'Orgnac official website !
Multimedia:
Overview of the Aven d'Orgnac, on a French video (2007).
Overview of the museum, on a French video (2005).
360° overview of the Aven d'Orgnac.
Sources: TV Ardèche and the Aven d'Orgnac website.
Activities and events nearby
Activities:
# Visit of the « Cave des Vignerons Coopérateurs ».
# Visit of the Pont d'Arc and of the Ardèche Gorges.
Tourist office website.
Multimedia:
Overview of the Pont d'Arc, on video (2006).
Overview of the Gorges and the Nature Reserve, on video.
Overview of the Gorges, by web-cam.
Sources: TV Ardèche, Vallon Pont-d’Arc tourist office and Ardèche-guide.
OTHERS SITES : THE SECRET WORLD OF CAVES.
Come and visit the fairy world of caves, seven are opened to the public.
Among them :
# "Aven Marzal": striking entrance and rich colours, prehistoric zoo in the park outside, light and sound show.
# "Madeleine Cave": a multitude of stalactites of 2-million-years old, light and sound show, site including a viewpoint over the gorges and the House of the Reserve.
# "Saint-Marcel-d'Ardèche Caves": with its extensive deep pools, beautiful chalk stones, light and sound show.
# "Forestière Cave" (
): with its astonishing cave zoo.
Tel +33 04 75 38 63 08.
Multimedia:
Saint Marcel Caves:
Virtual tour of the Saint-Marcel caves.
Overviews of the site, on French videos, by clicking here (2005) and here.
Sources : The Saint-Marcel d’Ardèche Caves website, TV Ardèche and ATV1.
PREHISTORIC TIMES
Ardèche is a region of prehistoric importance. Told by the hundreds of caves, sink holes and prehistoric sites.
# As shown at the excavations carried out on Orgnac III site, the first chapter in human history in Ardèche was begun 350,000 years ago. The ancestor of Neanderthal man, homo erectus, makes tools from flints and learns how to use fire.
Musée Régional de Préhistoire. 
# Already living in well organised societies, Neanderthal man was the first to bury his dead. He came to Ardèche 80,000 years ago and lived in caves and shelters in the south-east of the county and in the Rhône valley. He mysteriously disappeared 30,000 years ago and had no descendants.
Soyons Archaeological Site ()(caves and archaeological museum)
Tel +33 04 75 60 88 86 - Email.
# Homo sapiens, better known as Cro-Magnon man, conquered the world. This period is one of the richest in the history of mankind. He "invented" art and one of the most amazing expressions of that art can be seen in the 400 paintings in the Chauvet Cave, the oldest known in the world (32,000 years old). You can discover these drawings through beautiful photos and a video made by the three people who discovered the cave in 1994 at the exhibition:
Exposition Grotte Chauvet Pont-d'Arc ()
Tel +33 04 75 37 17 68.
Events:
# Nature Raid () of Vallon Pont d'Arc.
Contact: Vallon Pont d'Arc tourist office
Tel : +33 (0)4 75 88 04 01 - Email.
# The International Ardèche Gorges Marathon (), in Canoe-kayak.
Tel : +33 (0)4 75 37 12 94 - Contact.
Multimedia:
Overviews of the Nature Raid, on French videos , by clicking here (2006) and here (2010).
Overviews of the marathon, by clicking here (2008), and, on French videos, by clicking here (2007), and here (2005).
Sources : TV Ardèche, Vallon Pont d'Arc tourist office, ATV1 and TV Ardèche.
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